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SCP-8833 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-8833
Expected annual
$845K
One-time setup
$2.1M
Annual recurring
$824K
Personnel
7
Initial one-time setup and contingency reserves dominate capital costs (~$2.09M), while recurring annual operations are driven by staff salaries, web monitoring and legal/cover-story support (~$824k/yr). Main cost drivers are personnel (research + security + web analyst), contingency/reserve funds, and IT/web monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.1M
Program Contingency Escalation $1.0M
[#25] One-time escalation fund to rapidly scale staff, construction, transport if anomaly requires it.
Containment Contingency Fund $500K
[#8] One-time reserved fund for rapid remediation, contractors, lockdown, relocation and cleanup.
Specialized Containment R&D Reserve $300K
[#16] Design/prototyping/construction reserve if bespoke containment required.
Legal Indemnity Reserve $150K
[#23] One-time reserve for legal fees, settlements, secrecy enforcement in event of exposure.
Webcrawler Development $60K
[#9] One-time development of OSINT/webcrawler, scrapers, NLP filters and alerting/archival.
Equipment $30K
[#1, #2, #17] Secure anomalous-item locker purchase/installation (#1), locker environmental hardware (#2), and surveillance/CCTV installation (#17) aggregated as equipment/hardware costs.
Emergency Response Kit $25K
[#7] One-time purchase of hazmat suits, portable containment/transport cases, decon supplies and kit.
Data Storage Initial $15K
[#11] Initial secure NAS/encryption hardware and secure offsite backup setup (one-time).
Security Clearances Initial $10K
[#5] Initial background investigations, psych/physical screening for ~4-person team (one-time portion).
Intellectual Property Fees $1K
[#20] One-time/as-needed image rights/licensing for internal reports or covert publications.
Facilities $0
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Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $824K/yr
Staff Wages $565K/yr
[#3, #4, #10, #18] Annual salaries+benefits for research team (Principal Researcher, 2 Research Associates, Technical Specialist) and allocated security overhead, + webcrawler analyst and program manager/admin time.
Cover Story And Legal $85K/yr
[#14] Annual retainer/PR, legal coordination, litigation readiness, NDAs and cover-story maintenance.
Research And Monitoring $78K/yr
[#10, #11, #13, #24] Webcrawler hosting/operation (monthly hosting and storage) and analyst review hosting costs (#10), recurring data storage/backups (#11), field research/archival travel and fees (#13), and long-term archival/historian stipends (#24). Human analyst salary for webcrawler already included in staff_wages.
It Security And Monitoring $30K/yr
[#12] Recurring IT security, intrusion detection, SOC support and monitoring for scraped data and archival systems.
Supplies And Consumables $24K/yr
[#6, #22] Testing consumables and disposable PPE/sample containers (#6) plus small tools/equipment replacement and depreciation (#22).
Psychological Support $15K/yr
[#19] Counseling services, debriefs and mental-health support for exposed personnel.
Logistics And Transport $10K/yr
[#15] Annual budget for occasional secure transfers and transport logistics (internal/external transfers, secure cases, escorted movement).
Emergency Training $10K/yr
[#7] Annual training, quarterly drills, kit replacements and refresher exercises for containment/emergency response.
Facilities Maintenance $5K/yr
[#2, #17, #21] Locker environmental monitoring/power subscription (#2 recurring), CCTV maintenance (#17 recurring), and marginal utilities attributable to locker/equipment (#21).
Security Clearances Recurring $2K/yr
[#5] Periodic reinvestigations and medical/psych screening recurring costs for personnel with access.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $824K/yr
92.5% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine research, monitoring, and small transfers; no containment incidents or major legal actions.
routine testing regular web monitoring no breach or escalation
🚨 Minor Incident $924K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$100K vs baseline
Small containment incident or localized exposure requiring remediation, contractor cleanup, temporary overtime and modest legal/PR response.
localized containment breach small-scale remediation/cleanup temporary relocation of few staff
🚨 Major Breach $2.0M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.2M vs baseline
Significant containment failure or public exposure requiring large-scale remediation, extended relocation, major legal settlements and replacement of equipment/facility upgrades.
widespread exposure facility contamination major legal/political fallout
🚨 Research Scaleup Reclassification $1.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Discovery of properties that demand bespoke containment (reclassification/engineering), triggering one-time design and construction of a specialized cell/shielding.
new hazardous properties discovered reclassification requiring engineering
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Principal Researcher 1 Senior anomalous object specialist; salary included in staff_wages (see #4).
Research Associate 2 Two research associates supporting testing and analysis; salaries included in staff_wages (see #4).
Technical Specialist 1 Technical support for equipment/handling; salary included in staff_wages (see #4).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 Allocated marginal guard/security time dedicated to SCP-8833 access control; cost included in staff_wages (see #3).
Web Analyst / OSINT Analyst 1 Analyst for webcrawler review and translations (0.5-1.0 FTE equivalent); salary included in staff_wages (see #10).
Site Program Manager / Administrative Staff 1 Program management and compliance auditing time (part-time allocation); salary included in staff_wages (see #18).
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are based on analyst-provided ranges and a Site-81 marginal-cost assumption; many contingency/reserve items are large and conditional due to unknown anomalous properties, producing moderate confidence in recurring estimates and lower confidence in one-time contingency sizing.
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